JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON — On August 6, 2024 The Mendenhall Valley experienced major flooding after a glacial outburst flood occurred in Suicide Basin. Disaster Assistance Center’s will be available August 14-16, 2024, for Juneau residents to apply for State of Alaska Individual Assistance in-person, to ask questions about Individual Assistance, or to provide documentation. […]
(Juneau, AK) — The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has opened the Response Account of the Oil and Hazardous Substance Release Prevention and Response Fund to provide ample supplies and free cleanup services to community members faced with the impacts of flood related spills. Spill response and solid waste staff are on the ground […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy has declared a state disaster emergency for the 2024 August Juneau Glacier Flood. The Disaster Declaration funds emergency response efforts and activates the state’s Public Assistance and Individual Assistance Disaster Recovery Program. On August 6, 2024, an outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier caused major flooding […]
JUNEAU, AK–In response to the flooding on Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, Tlingit & Haida President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson activated the Tribal Emergency Operations Center (TEOC) at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 6. The TEOC was stood up in partnership with Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority. President Peterson, along with 1st Vice President Jackie Pata, […]